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p1anosteve
Великобритания
Добавлен 12 ноя 2013
An expression of my 60+ year love affair with music and the piano. Compositions, transcriptions and arrangements for piano.
I won the 2023 Pianist Magazine Composing Competition and took 2nd place in 2022. While I enjoy most categories of music, you will find here, an eclectic range of mainly popular music performed by myself (no software rendition employed here!) Comments are welcome. I offer some of my arrangements and compositions as downloads. Therefore, if you perform or use them on social media and so on, I would much appreciate a mention. As my scores are self edited my apologies for any errors in notation e.t.c. I will correct if advised.
Instruments: Yamaha C1 Grand. Roland HP and Kawai Digital .
This channel is not monetized by me and the publication of videos on this channel has not and will not result in the receipt of any monetary gain or benefit in kind whatsoever. No copyright infringement is intended.
I won the 2023 Pianist Magazine Composing Competition and took 2nd place in 2022. While I enjoy most categories of music, you will find here, an eclectic range of mainly popular music performed by myself (no software rendition employed here!) Comments are welcome. I offer some of my arrangements and compositions as downloads. Therefore, if you perform or use them on social media and so on, I would much appreciate a mention. As my scores are self edited my apologies for any errors in notation e.t.c. I will correct if advised.
Instruments: Yamaha C1 Grand. Roland HP and Kawai Digital .
This channel is not monetized by me and the publication of videos on this channel has not and will not result in the receipt of any monetary gain or benefit in kind whatsoever. No copyright infringement is intended.
These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You): Piano Arrangement
I always fancied doing an old style version of this famous song by Londoners Jack Strachey and Eric Maschwitz. You know the kind of thing you hear in old films of the period when there's a piano in the background. #pianosolo #1930smusic
The song was first made popular by Hutch in 1936. Turner Layton also recorded it with Carroll Gibbons. Both versions were accompanied by a solo pianist, Hutch himself of course and Gibbons with Layton, which is why I think the song is associated with piano. Both Hutch and Layton performed the original 4 bar B section of the song. Shortly after it went to the U.S. Benny Goodman's band were performing it with a different 8 bar B section. I've gone for the or...
The song was first made popular by Hutch in 1936. Turner Layton also recorded it with Carroll Gibbons. Both versions were accompanied by a solo pianist, Hutch himself of course and Gibbons with Layton, which is why I think the song is associated with piano. Both Hutch and Layton performed the original 4 bar B section of the song. Shortly after it went to the U.S. Benny Goodman's band were performing it with a different 8 bar B section. I've gone for the or...
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Piano Composition: "A Summer's Night"
Просмотров 21521 день назад
The third piece in my four seasons suite of short pieces. This one has a Latin rhythm. The four bar riff at the beginning and end came out of my head (no doubt heard something much like it somewhere). When I tried to match it with notation of the various rhythms it seems to line up pretty well with Cuban Son . Quite difficult to get right at a quick tempo with only the initial two notes and las...
Poirot Theme Music: Piano Arrangement
Просмотров 1852 месяца назад
My version of Christopher Gunning's famous theme music for the highly successful Agatha Christie TV series set in the 1930s with it's colourful characterizastions and period details. I had not realized that English composer Gunning was not only a film and TV composer but wrote no less than 11 symphonies, concertos and other works, many of which have been performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orch...
The Diminished Scale fingerings.
Просмотров 1302 месяца назад
As the diminished scales (half tone whole tone) are symmetrical the fingerings can be learned like this. Note both the thumbs play on D and each hand will be playing a different scale not always starting with a half tone. This method I found helps you to recognize the 3 patterns effectively and is the quickest way to master the fingerings. Slowing down the video with settings will help see them...
My Grandfather's Band
Просмотров 932 месяца назад
My grandfather (standing in the middle next to his daughter my aunt) had a part time band in the 1920s. (He was actually a telecommunications engineer by profession, as my father and indeed I am). The band played at the Boleyn Music Hall (no longer standing) located in the East End of London (then in the County of Essex) and thought to be within the grounds of the Boleyn Castle where Anne Boley...
A Spring Morning (Original Composition): Piano
Просмотров 1943 месяца назад
The second piece in the 4 seasons suite. Its a Rondo in which a musical idea (A) is repeated and in between there are different episodes B and C, so in this case only two episodes (ABACA form). I came up with the idea for the A section first and the others sections quite quickly. Fitting it all together was the harder bit. B is in the home key of D major while C is in the relative minor and eac...
My Dearest Dear (Ivor Novello) : Piano Solo
Просмотров 1144 месяца назад
Music by Ivor Novello words by Christopher Hassall. My cover score : www.mediafire.com/file/c8re38xt1ktpskn/My_Dearest_Dear_Cover.pdf/file Ivor Novello was the first British superstar of stage and screen. A composer, pianist, organist, songwriter, playwright, singer and stage and screen actor, his music was immensely popular in the 1st half of the 20th century. This despite the fact that his st...
Winter Waltz: Piano Original Composition
Просмотров 2035 месяцев назад
This is the first of four new pieces for 2024 one for each of the 4 seasons. I started out to write something in Lydian mode for it's mysterious character but it was not long before I returned in from the cold to the warmth of Ionion to round of the tune before going back to Lydian in the 8 bar B section. This piece is essentially ABA form but with a 16 bar lead in. it finishes with a reference...
Falling in Love With Love: Novelty Piano (advanced version)
Просмотров 1585 месяцев назад
This song by Rodgers and Hart is often played and sung in 4/4 time and without the verse but it was actually written as a waltz as one of the songs in the musical "The Boys From Syracuse" and for this version I've included the verse. The words of the song makes more sense with the verse but it is rarely fully performed outside of the context of the musical show. Also as hardly anyone knows the ...
Original Composition for Piano: Berceuse in E
Просмотров 876 месяцев назад
My little cradle song now in E. Score: click on pdf not the ads www.mediafire.com/file/r817vyofquw18xx/Berceuse.pdf/file #originalpianomusic #romanticpianomusic
Autumn Leaves: Piano Cover
Просмотров 3548 месяцев назад
Another go at Joseph Kosma's famous song.. again using the tritone substitution idea I used previously.
That Ol' Devil Called Love: Piano
Просмотров 919 месяцев назад
This is one of my favourite published scores of standard songs. I've included a 16 bar written improvisation score available below. I found it in Pianist Magazine (issue 27) but it's and widely available as the Billie Holiday version, though it does not seem to have much in common with her actual recording. The score is though very attractive piano solo and includes the words and chords with a ...
Original Song: Song Without Words (Piano)
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Original Song: Song Without Words (Piano)
Falling in Love with Love: Novelty Piano Arrangement
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Falling in Love with Love: Novelty Piano Arrangement
Original Composition: Preludes in Bb Major and Gm: Piano
Просмотров 5911 месяцев назад
Original Composition: Preludes in Bb Major and Gm: Piano
Fairytale: Pianist Magazine Composing Competition Winner 2023
Просмотров 188Год назад
Fairytale: Pianist Magazine Composing Competition Winner 2023
Be My Love: Brodszky/Cahn Piano Arrangement
Просмотров 618Год назад
Be My Love: Brodszky/Cahn Piano Arrangement
Original Composition: Preludes in G Major and E Minor: Piano
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Original Composition: Preludes in G Major and E Minor: Piano
Who Are We To Say (Obey Your Heart): Sigmund Romberg/Gus Kahn
Просмотров 54Год назад
Who Are We To Say (Obey Your Heart): Sigmund Romberg/Gus Kahn
Original Composition: Preludes in A Minor and C Major: Piano
Просмотров 64Год назад
Original Composition: Preludes in A Minor and C Major: Piano
It Never Entered My Mind😧 : Piano Cover
Просмотров 197Год назад
It Never Entered My Mind😧 : Piano Cover
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen: Jazz Piano 🎄🎹
Просмотров 94Год назад
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen: Jazz Piano 🎄🎹
The Christmas Song🎄❄⛄ (Mel Torme): Piano Arrangement.
Просмотров 116Год назад
The Christmas Song🎄❄⛄ (Mel Torme): Piano Arrangement.
Part of Your World Alan Menken: Piano Cover
Просмотров 56Год назад
Part of Your World Alan Menken: Piano Cover
Original Composition: Preludes B Minor and D Major: Piano
Просмотров 50Год назад
Original Composition: Preludes B Minor and D Major: Piano
Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma): Piano Up Tempo Version
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Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma): Piano Up Tempo Version
Wow Steve - one of my favourite standards. So pleased you did the verse as it’s really a very good one (as we know they are variable!) this is such a great, clean arrangement and I love the variety you have from the dropped 10th LH to the Walleresque treatment following the middle 8….and your block chording in the middle 8 is just 👌🏻 really enjoyed it and of course it can only be in Eb 😀 great stuff Steve. All the best - G
Thanks Gareth! It's a bit of an indulgence on my part making it a little more jazzy than I initially intended so something of a mixture of New York and London I suppose! I watched your version after I'd put the notes down so not to influence me.. wow you really give it the R.R. treatment! Incidentally I think you probably know Strachey also wrote "In Party Mood". I'd love to hear you play that one.
10 like here nice effort
Beautiful and heartfelt performance!👍👍🎼🎶🎹
Thank you. An honour to have your comment 🙏.
@@p1anosteve Best regards!🙏🙏
Ya se lo envie, gracias!!
Hola, soy gran admiradora de kostia, vivo en queretaro, mexico, podras compartirme tu arreglo de gray day in paris por favor? Me harias muy feliz, gracias!!
Greetings from the U.K. Please send an e-mail to p1anosteve@talktalk.net and I will send it to you. 😎
@@p1anosteve hola!! ya te envie el correo, espero te haya llegado, gracias, saludos!!!
huhhhhh
And I think is cuban
I'm no authority on Latin music but I agree it's closer to son than anything. If you have listened to the whole piece it's less apparent though and could bossa nova.
Very good song
Wonderful Steve 👌🏻 you know I have a penchant for Latin rhythms and you have captured a Summer evening so rhythmically and poetically in the latest piece in your seasons series. Just right for these balmy evenings of the past week - I loved the middle section as well - very much after Tom Jobim but love the modulation back via that ‘honk’ chord. Such an attractive composition - I love it and the way you bookend it with the rhythmic riff. I’m on my 4th listen and would love to learn it - great, great stuff Mr L 🤩 👏🏻
Thanks Gareth. I first wrote it some years ago and reconstructed it without any specific rhythm in mind as I'm no Latin expert. I was though back then into the authentic Cuban music ( and still am) after watching the stunning and heart warming Ry Cooder documentary on Ruben Gonzalez and the other famous musicians. The whole piece could be given a bossa nova treatment though and I've actually altered that middle section repeat to reflect that (with a nod to your big left hand style ha.ha..). I'd love to hear you improvise on it so here is a link to the score www.mediafire.com/file/eumfgnt59ydvrow/A_Summer%2527s_Night.pdf/file
A very nice jazzy piece. I have no idea whether it is Brazilian or Cuban!
Thanks Paul I think the riff has a Cuban rhythm rather than samba or bossa nova but the whole piece is not intended to be be specific as I'm no expert in Latin music!
It feels like a comfortable summer‘s night - wonderful composition 👏🏻
very nice!
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Fantastic arrangement, beautiful played. I love this piece.❤
Thank you so much for listening.
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Thank you so much Svetlana.
Great.Keep on that 🖤
A great arrangement and performance of this very interesting and effective theme tune. I had never heard of Gunning, but I'm glad you have brought him to my notice! With best wishes, Paul
Thanks Paul 🙂. He was a remarkable composer for sure!
I love this theme Steve 👌🏻 I think it’s such a clever, atmospheric piece of music that seemed to sum up the whole character of its protagonist. I remember being as surprised when reading the volume of the output of the composer. You say your arrangement is simplified but its beauty is that you have cleverly maintained the main structural elements and it has not lost anything. A very civilised way to start the evening. Great stuff - best - Gareth 👏🏻
Yes ..well it also saved me getting all confused with Christopher Gunning key change!
Muy mal , que desgracia de entrevista, esta señora esta cerrada a la historia del pueblo de Israel.
A very interesting video. The diminished scale is a favourite of mine, but I had never thought of a fingering for it. Thanks Steve for a most enlightening presentation.
Thanks Paul. I thought of it after seeing Mark Andre Hamilin's video on symmetrical practice.🙂
Awesome music, I feel the nostalgia 😃
🌟Wonderful !
Steve this is truly amazing !! I found myself being transported deep within the picture of the band as I listened - what a wonderful idea to have been able to preserve and convert a 50+ year old cassette….we all know what used to happen to them. It is a really clean recording and you can hear the smile and cheeky quality u. Your Grandfather’s voice - what a fantastic idea for an upload to share the music further to the family like - really enjoyed it 👍🏻 Gareth 🎹
Even more amazing Gareth when you take into account I had no idea that he had a band until well after his death in 1979. You see I was born in 1951 when he was 70 years old and saw very little of him in his later years. My father had told me he played piano and insisted my dad have lessons, which he was grateful for, as dad played a bit on and off for the rest of his life. Both my parents would have been about 6 years old in 1920 and dad was often cared for by his grandmother due to his mothers failing health. So my father may never have ever known about the band! I did once play something for my grandfather when he was in his mid 90s and he recalled to me his early experiences learning the piano but he never ever mentioned the band. It was only in the mid 1980s when my cousin sent a copy of the tape to my mother, that she remembered her much older sister in law (the girl standing next to grandfather in the photo) once told her that she had played the violin in her father's band for tea dances. The photograph was an even more recent discovery 15 years ago on a visit to my cousin, (who has a musical family) had it hanging on the wall in his hallway! Thank goodness he made a copy of that tape . 🙂🙂
Thanks Steve for this very interesting glimpse into your musical ancestry! Talent obviously runs in the family. I also had some musical ancestors, but unfortunately they did not record anything. Have a nice weekend! Best wishes, Paul
Yes Paul I'm fortunate. I think the further you go back in time the more people learnt to play and sing. In modern times it's a bit sad that music being on tap, much fewer people learn. Have a great weekend 😊.
Beautiful interpretation ! I like very much this song. 👏👏👏👏
Thank you so much for listening. ❤🙂
Hi Steve this is beautiful ☺️ you have so perfectly encapsulated the mood, feel, colour, timbres and shapes of Spring and the delightfully formed episodes capture the season so well. There is a very ‘English’ sound to it, which is a very clever trick to pull off - with the A sections particularly so, almost Vaughan Williams…esque Love the piece and its neat and natural structure Hope it gets even more views All the best - Gareth 🎹
Thanks Gareth. Never thought I'd write a rondo but it just all seemed to fall into place! I get what you mean about V.W. It's those suspended weird dominant 7th sus chords I used at the beginning particularly the second one that is not shown on the image of the score as I added it later, that gives it an unsettling tension!
Your morning composition is very enchanting! I feel like all the lovely flowers are awakening with the first sun rays ☀️ Beautiful! Subscribed to your channel 👍🏻🎶
Thank you so much for listening. Such a nice comment and from a wonderful pianist! 😊
Dear Steve, Today, my mom found an article on Pianist Magazine page about this piece “Fairytale” (while surfing with my name for the first time in a while lol) and I was so moved when I saw that someone composed a piece dedicated to me and won a composing competition. I wanted to contact you, so I searched your name, and found out you are the one who always comments on my videos!! Thank you so much for supporting me until now, and for listening to my piano. Finding this article really made my day, and I was moved by how posting a video on RUclips could connect me with people like you, who live far away. If it’s ok with you, I would love to play this piece. Is it possible for you to send me a score? (I will tell you my email address.) Thank you so much ❤ Mayuki
Hi Mayuki, I'm so happy to hear from you! Wow.. it's so amazing that you should discover my little piece and want to play it. You can reach me at p1anosteve@talktalk.net . I'm thrilled to hear from you and of course you can have any of my scores! Look forward to receiving your e-mail.
RUclips recommended me this... I dont know why but I imagined a beautiful but bittersweet love story while listening to this song. Great composition btw. I really like the opening.
Thanks for listening. Music is nothing unless it provokes emotion 🙂
A joyfull spring morning! I get a bit nervous by seeing that white Camelia in the glass tho! Thankfully you play sensitively without knocking it over😅 Spring offers many musical ideas, doesn't it? This one has bouncy energy of awakening!
Ha.. yes the Camelia blossom looks a bit sorry for itself. I really should have picked a fresh one. Thanks, I'm never quite happy with the way I play but I think I got the energy right. There are some two handed leaps though that keep catching me out! 😎
Perfect 6 Music for the evening after a 4.8 Earthquake hit 20 miles from my house today❤
Thank you so much 🙏 . Hope you have a peaceful morning!
This beautiful piece abounds in joy and vitality, ideal for a Spring morning! The performance is excellent as always. Thanks Steve for a most inspiring upload. With best wishes, Paul
Thank you Paul 😊. Have a great weekend!
Very beautiful!👍👍🎼🎶🎹
Thanks so much for listening 🙂
@@p1anosteve All the best!🙏🙏
Very nice
Haven’t heard this for YEARS Steve !!! Ivor Novello’s melodies have a unique charm and beauty to them and you have captured his lyrical quality so tenderly 👍🏻 love the old film filter as well - very nice effect 👌🏻 lovely end to the day. Thanks for sharing. G
Thank you Gareth🙏 It's not really the best suited of his songs for a piano solo as such but there a such a sense of emotion and nostalgia to it.
A fine performance of this beautiful piece, played with great smoothness and expression. Thanks Steve for sharing. With best wishes, Paul
Thanks Paul, have a great weekend and looking forward to your next piece!
I wish that I could play like you. 😊
Thanks... seems such a longtime ago now!😎
❤❤❤I wish I had the sheet music of this song, your performance is wonderful
Thanks, you can download it free from the link on the video! Just avoid clicking on the adverts when you do so.
@@p1anosteve 🙏🙏🙏❤
I just remembered this hymn from Atonement and listened to it. Then I searched for its piano cover and here I'm. Definitely one of the best piano pieces I've heard. The only regret is it's short duration. I can literally listen to this my entire life without getting even slightly bored. It touches your heart so easily and has the vibe of a moment of hope in the middle of a crisis. Beautifully done. Thanks, you've given me another reason to be grateful for my life.
Thanks for your lovely comment 🙂.
So pretty ❤️
Thank you masayakii ☺
What arrangement of this do you use?
This is basically the Billy Holiday sheet music version but with my own improvisation. 🙂
I often wondered - if Satie didn't exist, does it matter in the music history? He is a part of important music genres, isn't he? Lovely harmonie and gentle waltz. So you started with Winter, and then next one will be Spring...?
You're kidding 😉everyone loves Satie! and yes the next one is spring ..working on it! Thanks for listening I managed to get my piece across I think but ...one day I'll practice to perfection...I'm never quite happy with my recordings!
@@p1anosteve Yes, my teenage pupils often go for Satie rather than Schumann!😂
Une merveilleuse composition , délicate cette valse, bravo pour ce moment !!! ❤🎉
Thank you so much for listening and your generous comment!🙂
This is waltz is amazing, I can feel the peacefulness setting my mind at ease, thank you for sharing!
Thanks so for listening and commenting!🙂
A great performance of this beautiful and delicate Waltz! I love the Lydian mode with its enigmatic quality. Thanks Steve for sharing. With best wishes, Paul
Many thanks Paul, have a great weekend! 🙂
I love your playing mixes of classical and jazzy arrangements.
Thanks a lot for listening! I like to mix genres of music when composing but mainly classical/jazz and modern tonal music styles. You probably have the same tastes as I do. 🙂
HI, @p1anosteve, your arrangment is so nice. Can you share your pdf with me ?
Thanks! If you send me an e-mail Anthony p1anosteve@talktalk.net
Have always lived especially the opening of the Eb one - so 1930s dreamscape - beautiful Steve ☺️ 🎶 🎹
Thanks Gareth. For some reason this got more comments!. Would you be interested in editing my little preludes (for a fee naturally)?
I can picture Santa Clause going down the chimney, this is awesome and filled with joy!
Ah yes..you have a good imagination! Something of great value to a composer I think. You just never know what will come out when you sit down at the piano with a story in your head. For example ruclips.net/video/F4MuBKWqQkg/видео.htmlsi=_DN5-ZpkxT-TxrEd
Thank you, I look up to people that can compose so cleanly. Your imagination is very beautiful. thanks for showing me your Fairytaylee piece. I like it alot!@@p1anosteve
@@kenzosato332 Thank you but there is no mystery to it. You see it's just that when I improvise (and I'm not good at it) if something is worth developing I write it down and work on it until I'm happy 🙂
Ok i'm going to write my next piece down, thank you for the encouragement!@@p1anosteve I want to write something beautiful like this
This is so dang happy and playful! I love it! Thank you for sharing this! Made my day better!
Thanks 🙏l love a jazz waltz..